Download Chapter 8 The Southern Colonies Review Sheet

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Chapter 8: The Southern Colonies
Review Sheet
Directions: Fill in the blank to answer each question or statement.
1. _________________ founded the Maryland Colony to give Catholics a
safe place to worship?
2. James Oglethorpe helped found ________________ colony?
3. Most enslaved Africans worked on ______________ in the Southern
Colonies.
4. ________________ was the main cash crop grown in the northern areas
of the southern colonies.
5. _______________ was the main cash crop grown in South Carolina and
Georgia.
6. The three regions of the Southern Colonies are the Atlantic Coastal
Plain, the Appalachian Mountains, and the _________________?
7. Describe the coastline of the southern colonies.
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8. ________________ became the center of the Southern Colonies
economy.
9. How were Indentured servants different from slaves?
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Matching: Match the word to its correct definition.
1. Proprietor
Seat of government of a county,
or the main town of a county.
2. Debtor
Allowed colonists to worship the
way they pleased.
3. Toleration Act
A person who sold his/her
services for a certain period of
time in exchange for a passage
to a foreign country.
4. Tidewater
An owner
5. The Atlantic Coastal Plain
A plant founded by Eliza Lucas.
6. Piedmont
The area above the Fall Line, in
the Piedmont region.
7. The Appalachians
The lowest, flattest part in which
many rivers flow across this
plain and into the ocean.
8. Cash Crop
A person who is owned by
another person.
9. Indentured Servant
A person who owes money.
10. Slave
A crop that people grow to sell.
11. Indigo
Area of high land on the eastern
side of the Appalachians.
12. County Seat
A mountain system of Eastern
North America that extends from
southern Canada to central
Alabama.
13. Back Country
A wide area of low, flat land.